lowtubes, chill, no reason to ride the OP. Everyone is at a different place. Some people are more into the media collecting, etc. and don't pay that much attention to the nuances of gear, etc.
As for speakers that are "voiced" with grills on, whatever. It's usually because it looks like crap, for they used ugly materials underneath to save money - not always the worst thing cost-wise - but a disadvantage when it comes to performance. Yes, this is true of Vandersteen and Magnepan, too. Sorry, fanboys. :)
Do I care if the manufacturer says the speaker is better with a grill? No. I'll probably never own it. It's that important when you put systems together for high performance. I get the aesthetics thing and WAF etc, but I'll not quickly succumb to acceptance of a speaker without removable grill. In 30+ years a speaker with a grill has never performed superior to without. The only exception, as I said, was if they did a poor job on the tweeter. YMMV
As for speakers that are "voiced" with grills on, whatever. It's usually because it looks like crap, for they used ugly materials underneath to save money - not always the worst thing cost-wise - but a disadvantage when it comes to performance. Yes, this is true of Vandersteen and Magnepan, too. Sorry, fanboys. :)
Do I care if the manufacturer says the speaker is better with a grill? No. I'll probably never own it. It's that important when you put systems together for high performance. I get the aesthetics thing and WAF etc, but I'll not quickly succumb to acceptance of a speaker without removable grill. In 30+ years a speaker with a grill has never performed superior to without. The only exception, as I said, was if they did a poor job on the tweeter. YMMV